Dell Wake-on-LAN - Manual (Page 2)

October 2007 Page 2 Dell Enterprise Product Group
Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................................... 3
Definition ............................................................................................................................ 3
Prerequisites ....................................................................................................................... 3
Tools ................................................................................................................................................... 3
Dell Servers that Support Wake‐on‐LAN ..................................................................... 3
Supported NICs (Network Adapters) ........................................................................................... 4
Supported Operating Systems ........................................................................................................ 5
Using WOL after A/C Power Disconnect or with no Operating System (OS) Installed
(Out‐of‐Box, or D0uninitialized) ........................................................................................... 6
Enabling WOL under Microsoft Windows NT 4.0............................................................. 8
Enabling WOL under Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Microsoft Server 2003
Family Operating Systems.................................................................................................... 10
Enabling WOL under Red Hat Enterprise Linux® versions 4 and later and SUSE®
Linux Enterprise Server versions 9 and later .................................................................... 12
Enabling WOL under Novell® NetWare® 5.x and 6.x .................................................... 14